Culture

When Inequality Is Fatal for Men 1
- Culture
- November 27, 2023
Equality has always been an American preoccupation, right from the words “all men are created equal” in the Declaration of Independence. Yet even that phrase is not egalitarian enough by today’s lights; feminists have long objected to the gendered language of “all men.” Thomas Jefferson didn’t mean to commit a microaggression; in 1776, “all men”
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Is Woke Disney Dying?7
- Culture, Entertainment
- November 22, 2023
Lightyear? A flop. Strange World? A flop. The Little Mermaid? A flop. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania? A flop. The Marvels? A flop. Snow White? Postponed, probably for fear of a flop. All told, Disney has lost nearly $1 billion at the box office due to films like these bombing, according to box office analyst
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An Attitude of Gratitude and Gratitude with Attitude: Thanksgiving 2023 1
- Culture, Western Civilization
- November 21, 2023
An idea sent me to my calculator. The United States is 247 years old. I am 72 years old. Simple division revealed that I have lived in this country for 29.2 percent of its history as a nation. Good grief! Hand me a cane and call me Methuselah! Another three years, if I am so
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The Cult of Safety Explodes 3
- Culture
- November 20, 2023
It was the 1970s. Dry cleaning bags lurked quietly behind couches waiting patiently for the opportunity to pounce on the hapless child who dropped a Lego nearby. Unguarded five-gallon buckets stood brazenly in the middle of basement floors hoping to entice their next drowning victim. Discarded refrigerators prowled the land looking for unsuspecting eight-year-olds to
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Tocqueville’s ‘Self-Interest Rightly Understood’: The Profound Value of Compassion in the West 6
- Culture, Featured
- November 20, 2023
In Democracy in America, Alexis de Tocqueville writes compellingly about how religion in the U.S. turns us away from narrow self-interest to what he calls “self-interest rightly understood.” While the former is entirely selfish, in the latter we recognize how our interests are necessarily intertwined with the interests of others. When we act, we accept
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Flagellantism Is the New Political Ritual 3
- Politics, Culture
- November 16, 2023
The old FedEx envelope was clever, a work of art even, optimistic and colorful, signifying speed and progress. What a beautiful contrast to the plainness of the US Postal Service. For years, I can recall dropping off these treasures and paying maybe $10 to assure its delivery across the country, even the world. For me,
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